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Meaning of LAMENTING

Pronunciation:  lum'enting

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 Definition: [adj]  vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression; "lamenting sinners"; "wailing mourners"; "the wailing wind"; "wailful bagpipes"; "tangle her desires with wailful sonnets"- Shakespeare
 
 Synonyms: sorrowful, wailful, wailing
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\La*ment"ing\, n.
Lamentation.

      Lamentings heard i' the air.             --Shak.
 

 

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